My Jazz Habits


When I am studying or just relaxing I often listen to Jazz. It can set a mood and is often good background music whilst focussing on other things. I have got two main spotify jazz lists I listen to. One of the lists is an arbitrary mix of different Jazz songs I enjoy. The songs are from different sub-genres and were composed at different times. The other jazz list consists of more “toned-down” versions of popular jazz songs. There are no vocals and abrupt changes in the song feel less intense. I call this my “elevator music”-jazz list.

There is a slight overlap between the two lists. For example, the classic jazz song “Take five - The Dave Bruback Quartet” is part of general jazz list, whilst a different version “Take 5 - New York Jazz Lounge” is part of the elevator jazz list. These songs are extremely similar, yet sometimes I want to listen to the normal jazz list and sometimes to the elevator jazz list.

This leads into multiple interesting things that can be researched:

Exploring the Playlists


After exploring the two lists, some notable differences and similarities were found. First of all, as predicted, the elevator jazz list has lower energy and a higher acousticness.

Secondly, it was found that the elevator jazz list has a lower speechiness. This is expected, because the list was designed to not contain any vocals. To the contrary the elevator jazz list has a higher danceability, this is unexpected because the list is mainly listened to when I am studying. This is also interesting because this list has a lower overal energy, yet a higher danceability.

Further Evaluation


Conclusion